Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City